Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserted the BJP has successfully altered the public’s perception of politicians and politics. Addressing a campaign rally in support of the BJP’s Saharanpur candidate Raghav Lakhanpal, Singh highlighted the party’s commitment to integrity and transparency in governance.
Singh remarked, “A few years ago, there was a prevailing belief that politicians deceive the public with false promises and then vanish. They seemed disconnected from the people and national interests. This was the general sentiment towards politicians and political parties.”
“We have shattered this perception. Our integrity lies in our actions matching our words. Previously, it was assumed that politicians would deceive, but we have turned the tide,” emphasised Singh.
The Defence Minister highlighted the tendency of political parties to make grand promises in their manifestos only to forget them upon assuming power.
“We have overcome the crisis of confidence in politics. We had promised to revoke Article 370 and we did it after assuming power. We had promised to abolish triple talaq and we did it after getting a majority in Parliament,” he said.
Singh, a former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, said the perception of Bharat has improved under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who “halted” the war between Russia and Ukraine to ensure safe passage for Indian students stuck in the conflict-torn country.
“In Qatar, retired Navy personnel awarded capital punishment were released after being pardoned by the government there. This shows the stature of Bharat in the world,” he added.
Qatar released eight jailed former Indian Navy personnel 46 days after their death sentences, handed out last October, were commuted to jail terms of varying duration.
Under PM Modi’s leadership, Bharat – once an importer of defence technology – is now exporting those, stated Singh hailing Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for improving the law and order situation of Uttar Pradesh.
Hitting out at the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, the senior BJP leader said, “In 2017 (assembly elections), the Samajwadi Party and the Congress ran a narrative that the backward classes were angry with the BJP. In 2019 (Lok Sabha elections), they ran a narrative that the Brahmins were angry. During the 2022 assembly elections, they ran a narrative that the Jats were angry. Now, they are claiming that the Rajputs are angry.”
“They are not ready to accept that be it the Congress or the Samajwadi Party, the entire Uttar Pradesh is angry with them,” Singh claimed.
The Samajwadi Party is in such a state that it is changing candidates every day and the Congress is not even getting people to contest the elections, he said.
The Samajwadi Party and the Congress are contesting the Lok Sabha elections in an alliance in Uttar Pradesh.
